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Subject: Re: [docbook] DocBook: The Definitive Guide - Copyright Problem
O'Reilly has changed the copyright after the print version of the Definitive Guide had been published: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/web/news/docbooklic_0901.html Katharina Tobias Reif wrote: > Yann wrote: > > >> I'm mailing you because i just read the copyright on >> http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/dbcpyright.html . I never used >> docbook before because I thought that the reference book was NOT free, >> as i read it at >> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/rights.html. >> >> The (c) on oreilly.com says, we are NOT allowed to redistribute the >> document; whereas, the (c) on docbook.org says the book is under FDL, >> wich >> would allow me to modify and redistribute it, without the previous >> permission of oreilly. >> >> Which is the correct one? Can I redistribute the oreilly reference book, >> or not? I don't really anderstand why there are two licenses... is this a >> mistake? > > > > IANAL, but I would think that the oreilly.com license page can not > revoke rights that the docbook.org license page clearly grants to you. > > I agree with you that the two pages should state the same. > > Tobi >
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